First 0.96-1.46 Micron Near-IR Spectra of Meteors

Authors

Michael J. Taylor, Utah State UniversityFollow
P. Jenniskens
K. Nielsen
P. D. Pautet

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Advances in Space Research

Volume

39

Issue

4

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

2007

First Page

544

Last Page

549

Abstract

During the 2002 Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign, spectra were obtained of two Leonid meteors in the near-IR wavelength range of an InGaAs camera (0.96–1.46 micron). The spectrum contains atomic oxygen and nitrogen lines that are well-described by a typical warm 4400 K meteoric plasma emitting in local thermodynamic equilibrium, but the First Positive Δν = 0 band of N₂ is weaker than expected. A quite bright continuum is also present, with a blackbody temperature of ∼4400 K, much higher than that expected from hot debris. The cause of the continuum blackbody emission is a puzzle, as are several unidentified features.

Comments

Published by Elsevier in Advances in Space Research.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117706003450

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Recommended Citation

Taylor, M.J., P. Jenniskens, K. Nielsen, and P.-D. Pautet, First 0.96-1.46 micron near-IR spectra of meteors, Adv. Space Res., 39, 544-549, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2006.05.017, 2007.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2006.05.017